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пали | 809.Tatrāyaṃ upamā – eko kira issāso aṭṭhausabhamatte padese phalakasataṃ ṭhapāpetvā vatthena mukhaṃ veṭhetvā saraṃ sannahitvā cakkayante aṭṭhāsi. |
Nyanamoli thera | 12.Here is a simile for this. An archer, it seems, had a target3 set up at a distance of eight usabhas (about 100 yards), and wrapping his face in a cloth and arming himself with an arrow, he stood on a wheel contrivance (a revolving platform). |
a “phalakasata” is one made of the heart (pith) of the asana tree.The “wheel contrivance” resembles a potter’s wheel according to Vism-mhṭ (p.867).